08 July 2009

My hundredth-second of Pitt-fame

Yesterday, I got an email from a Jason Cato of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Saw my post about 12:34:56 a.m. (or p.m.) 07/08/09. Wanted to write about it. I made the point that sure, we can talk, but you gotta know that I wasn't the one that thought of the lineup of the century. Well, we talked.And, he wrote. (Naturally, I worked the Cubs into the conversation.)

The quirkiness of today caught the attention of at least one blogger, Philadelphia-based freelance writer Brian Hickey, who noted the rarity on his blog, Philly Blunt."I thought it was just quirky," Hickey said. "For one-hundredth of a second, the world is different than it ever has been, at least for 100 years."Pondering the rarity of 07-08-09, Hickey's curiosity led him to learn the first minor-league baseball game played under lights happened a century ago today.The thought of 1909 led to his beloved Chicago Cubs, who began a World Series championship drought that year."I used it as a mechanism to say the Cubs are going to win this year," Hickey said. "I'm looking for anything I can get."Then he realized Pittsburgh won its first World Series in 1909."Maybe the Pirates will win it," he said.His voice sounded as though even he didn't believe that added up.